Natalie Fleet

The government understands that a modern transport network is vital to kickstarting economic growth, providing access to services and preventing isolation. Good local transport services are an essential part of prosperous and sustainable communities, connecting people and enabling access to employment, education and essential services.

The Government confirmed almost £1bn to support bus funding across England. Derbyshire County Council, which is now part of East Midland Combined Authority (EMCA), will benefit from a total bus funding of more than £40m which will be allocated to the EMCA to support, improve and protect bus services and keep fares down. The Bus Service Improvement Plan for Derbyshire County Council can be found here.

We encourage local transport authorities to engage with community transport operators when preparing their Bus Service Improvement Plans, which are vital in setting out long-term plans for bus services and how they will be improved.

Notes:

Base: Universal Credit households that had an assessment period that ended in April of each year.

Data for April 2024 is latest available, in line with the most recent published data on this policy.

DWP does not hold data on CTC households affected by the two-child limit.

Figures rounded to two significant figures (to a minimum of 10), and values less than 10 are suppressed in line with disclosure rules.

The difference between these figures and published statistics for Bolsover constituency is because the published stats are for those that do not receive some amount of child element due to the policy, whereas these figures include households that have an exception for all children affected by the policy.

(a) In Bolsover constituency, fewer than 10 households had a Non-Consensual Conception exception to the policy in April 2024.

(b) In Derbyshire, 50 households had a Non-Consensual Conception exception to the policy in April 2024.

(c) In England, 2,300 households had a Non-Consensual Conception exception to the policy in April 2024.

Notes:

Base: Universal Credit households that had an assessment period that ended in April 2024.

Data for April 2024 is latest available, in line with the most recent published data on this policy.

DWP does not hold data on CTC households affected by the two-child limit.

Figures rounded to two significant figures (to a minimum of 10), and values less than 10 are suppressed in line with disclosure rules.

Derbyshire area in (b) calculated as the sum of the following Local Authorities: Amber Valley, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Erewash, Derby, Derbyshire Dales, High Peak, North East Derbyshire, South Derbyshire

The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on asylum seekers awaiting an initial decision is published in table Asy_D03 of the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement detailed datasets’. This table is not broken down by local authority or constituency.

Data on asylum seekers on support by local authority is published in table Asy_D11 of the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement detailed datasets’. Please note that not all asylum seekers awaiting a decision will be on support.

Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks.

The Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) records complaints by the individual local authority or care provider, and not by geographical area. The LGSCO received 18 complaints about Derbyshire County Council’s adult social care services in the 2019-20 financial year, 19 in 2020-21, 22 in 2021-22, 29 in 2022-23 and 29 in 2023-24.

The Government does not collect data on the number of people who have had bailiff fees added to council tax arrears for any year or region or on the average cost of bailiff fees.

Figures relating to Section 21 eviction proceedings in individual constituencies in England are not held by the department, but we know that chronic insecurity in the private rented sector in Derbyshire has real-life consequences for individuals and families. Tenants across England will benefit from the measures in the forthcoming Renters’ Rights Bill, including the abolition of Section 21 evictions.

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of prosecutions at magistrates’ courts in England and Wales for non-payment of a television licence, in the Outcomes by Offence data tool. This includes breakdowns by police force area. The data tool can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: June 2024 - GOV.UK.

Published data includes the police force area of prosecutions, but it is not possible to separately identify Bolsover constituency as this information is not available in the Court Proceedings Database held by the Ministry of Justice.